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Tuesday, 29 August 2017

Back to reality

After 2 and a half weeks in South Africa (of which more to follow...), it has been back to reality, birding the patch. Mark Dawson found a Wood Sand on my first day back (Friday), on the partially dewatered Wharf Pit, which remained until Sunday at least. This pit looks great, although water levels have been creeping back up, and has also held a Black-wit, up to 3 Greenshank (new for PWC 2017), up to 9 Green Sands, 2 Common Sands, single juv Ringed Plover and LRP, up to 7 Snipe, and up to 20 Little Egrets. We'll see what the coming days and weeks bring - a Pec Sand would be nice.

Wood Sand with a Greenshank

Wharf Pit

Mons Pool, by contrast, has been disappointing, as all the water that has come out of Wharf Pit has gone there. The Garganey lingers, although it has always been hiding when I've looked for it. And that's about it, apart from 3 Curlew, contributing to patch wader diversity. I also had a look at Cotham Landfill on Friday, and realised I'd forgotten what I was doing with gulls. As well as quite a few ringed LBBGs (which I'm in the process of tracking the origins of), there was were looked like a juvenile Caspian, and an adult (or near adult), although both potentially had issues which I need to look into more closely when I have time. Pics below.

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Newark-on-Trent Birding

This site is dedicated to birding around Newark-on-Trent in Nottinghamshire (UK), primarily at the gravel pits to the north of the town - Collingham Pits, Besthorpe Nature Reserve, Langford Lowfields and Girton Pits - and the Cotham Flash area and KilvingtonLakes to the south. It also covers forays elsewhere in Nottinghamshire, and beyond, and other wildlife sightings (especially butterflies)...

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Originally from Suffolk, I have lived in Newark in Nottinghamshire for about 12 years. When not at work (as a local government ecologist) or doing non-birdy things, I can be found on my local patch of Collingham Pits and Besthorpe NR, or at one of a number of other of sites around Newark. Occasionally I actually see something of note.